

Joyful Courage for Parenting Teens
Casey O'Roarty
Welcome to the Joyful Courage Podcast - a place where parents of tweens and teens come to find inspiration, information and encouragement in the messy terrain of adolescenceThis season of parenting is no joke - and while the details of what we are all moving through might be slightly different, we are having a collective experience.This is a space where we center building relationship, nurturing life skills, and leaning into our own personal growth.My name is Casey O’Roarty, I am a parent coach, Positive Discipline LEad Trainer, and captain of the adolescent ship over at Sproutable. I am also a speaker and published author. I have been working with parents and families for over 20 years and continue to navigate being a mom with my own two young adult kids.I am honored that you are here… Please give back to the pod by sharing it with friends, or on social media, and rate and review on Apple or Spotify - work of mouth is how we grow!Thanks - enjoy the show!
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Jul 25, 2022 • 1h 6min
Summer Throwback: PDTV with Aisha Pope Positive Discipline for Social Justice
Hi Listeners! Welcome to the Joyful courage 2022 Summer Throwback series! We are all busy enjoying the long days of sunshine, and I wanted to be sure that you have some useful listening material to enjoy - so I will be sharing some of my favorite shows from the past with you weekly through July and August.This week on the show is super special because it isn’t a podcast that I am sharing, but a PDTV episode. January - June of 2022, my partner, Julietta Skoog and I did a monthly event that we called PDTV where we interviewed some outstanding Positive Discipline Educators and Trainers about the work they are doing in the communities they serve. The resulting conversations were fascinating!Today I am sharing our conversation with Aisha Pope and we go deep into the team that put together PD Tools for kids and how Positive Discipline and Adlerian theory(I the foundation that PD stands on) are the way to world peace . Aisha is candid and brilliant and I know you are going to love this interview!Find it on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxuJg18JCdc Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 18, 2022 • 57min
Summer Throwback: Eps 143 making mistakes with Mary Nelsen Tamborski
Hi Listeners! Welcome to the Joyful courage 2022 Summer Throwback series! We are all busy enjoying the long days of sunshine, and I wanted to be sure that you have some useful listening material to enjoy - so I will be sharing some of my favorite shows from the past with you weekly through July and August.This week on the show I am sharing a conversation with one of my favorite PD colleagues - Mary Nelsen Taborski. There is SO MUCH PD goodness packed into this episode, including what it was like for Mary to grow up with a mom who was seen as a parenting guru. I know you will fall love her - just like I do!Find it on the website at besproutable.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 11, 2022 • 46min
Summer Throwback: Eps 178 beyond the birds and bees with Bonnie Rough
Hi Listeners! Welcome to the Joyful courage 2022 Summer Throwback series! We are all busy enjoying the long days of sunshine, and I wanted to be sure that you have some useful listening material to enjoy - so I will be sharing some of my favorite shows from the past with you weekly through July and August.This week on the show you are in for it - Bonnie Rough is on and we are talking about our tweens and teens and their sexual development - cue the emoji with the big eyes - we gotta talk about it people. Believe me, you think you know how you are going to handle things and then your kids enter into intimate relationships and wowzer - thighs get real. I love this conversation with Bonnie, it’s helpful!Find it on the website at besproutable.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 4, 2022 • 1h 6min
Summer Throwback: Eps 215 on Showing Up with Dr. Dan Siegel and Dr. Tina Bryson
Hi Listeners! Welcome to the Joyful courage 2022 Summer Throwback series! We are all busy enjoying the long days of sunshine, and I wanted to be sure that you have some useful listening material to enjoy - so I will be sharing some of my favorite shows from the past with you weekly through July and August.I am kicking things off by returning to a show that had me fan girling all over the place… Not one, but TWO of my fave voices in parent education made time to talk with me - it was amazing. Episode 215 with Dr. Dan Siegel and Dr. Tina Bryson. We talk all about the book they co-authored, The Power of Showing up.Find it on the website at besproutable.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 27, 2022 • 31min
Eps 332: Solo Show- The Challenges of Giving Up Control with Our Teens
In this episode, Casey breaks down what “getting out of your kid’s way” looks like and the challenges of giving up control.For access to the show notes, go to besproutable.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 23, 2022 • 55min
THROWBACK THURSDAY: Eps 276 with Rae McDaniel
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Jun 20, 2022 • 53min
Eps 331: Raising Allies with Traci Baxley
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Jun 16, 2022 • 45min
THROWBACK THURSDAY: Eps 248 with Maureen Muldoon
Thursday Throwback!This week we are revisiting Episode 248. This show originally came out in November of 2020. Offers and products mentioned during the show are likely outdated.Enjoy!Maureen Muldoon is a a spiritual Pied Piper, shameless storyteller and speaker who is transforming the way people think of church, sex, spirituality, and creativity. Actress, author, activist, she celebrates the miracles that live beneath the mundane and is devoted to helping others to CREATE their most engaged and unapologetic life. Today we are going to talk about her experience of mothering a transgender son.For access to the show notes and more, go to besproutable.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 13, 2022 • 59min
Eps 330: Learning about the Parenting Identity Development Model with Mercedes Samudio
My guest this week is Mercedes Samudio.Mercedes is a parent coach, LCSW, bestselling author, and speaker who helps parents and children communicate with each other, manage emotional trauma, navigate social media and technology together, and develop healthy parent-child relationships. Over the course of her career, Mercedes has worked with adoptive families, foster families, teen parents, parents navigating the child protective services system, and children living with mental illness. Mercedes started the #EndParentShaming movement as well as coined the term Shame-Proof Parenting – using both to bring awareness to ending parent shame. She published the book, Shame Proof Parenting: Find Your Unique Parenting Voice, Feel Empowered, and Raise Whole, Healthy Children.For access to the show notes and more, go to besproutable.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 9, 2022 • 44min
Revisiting Eps 35: How to Support LGBTQ+ Youth with Dr. Jen O'Ryan
Thursday Throwback!This week we are revisiting Episode 35. This show originally came out in March of 2016. Offers and products mentioned during the show are likely outdated.Enjoy!Dr. Jen O’Ryan provides guidance for parents to help them navigate their child’s coming out process, as well as questions about sexuality and gender. She completed her doctorate in Human Behavior with a focus on environmental factors during childhood and adolescence for sexual minorities.Dr. Jen also works closely with other caring adults on developing more inclusive, safe spaces for LGBTQ individuals in the workplace and community. Through years of research and advocacy, Jen brings an extensive background on factors contributing to healthy development during childhood and adolescence for LGBTQ youth.Jen and I talk about the experience kids are having as they come to understand gender and sexual orientation. We discuss the biggest challenges for the kids and their parents, and how we can all be a part in supporting all kids, in celebration of differences, being advocates and allies.For access to the show notes and more, go to besproutable.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices


